date:May 13, 2013
's grain production, 15 percent of its rice and 43 percent of its corn, official data showed.
Corn in Northeast China is only harvested once a year, so a late ploughing means a shorter growing period, and this will affect yields, said Feng Lichen, president of Yumi.com.cn, a corn industry website.
If the bad weather continues, the impact on this year's corn output will be huge, Feng said.
The local government and the Ministry of Agriculture said they are still assessing the losses caused by t